About This Lesson
In early elementary school, kids are discovering that learning to read is a tough thing. They are also able to perceive when other kids excel and they don't. Kids who face some level of difficulty are suddenly measuring themselves against the "smarties." How can their reading self-concept be leveraged to prevent motivational backsliding? Daniel T. Willingham, best-selling author of Why Don't Students Like School?, offers his extraordinary insight-in a free ebook-to provide educators with a variety of ready-to-apply solutions.